page_title: Michael Coulson (footballer)
section_title: York City
hierarchical_section_title: Michael Coulson (footballer) / Club career / York City
caption_attribution_description: English: Michael Coulson playing for York City against Northampton Town at Bootham Crescent, York on 16 August 2014
context_page_description: Michael James Coulson is an English professional footballer who plays as a Striker or winger for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Scarborough Athletic. He has played in the Football League for Barnsley, Grimsby Town and York City and in the Scottish Premiership for St Johnstone.
  Coulson started his career with hometown club Scarborough, making his first-team debut in a Conference National match in 2004. His first goal for the club, scored later that year, made him the youngest goalscorer in the club's history. He signed for Championship club Barnsley in 2006, before making a return to Conference Premier football with a loan at Northwich Victoria in 2007. Coulson suffered two cruciate ligament injuries in the space of a year before being loaned to Chester City of the Conference Premier in 2009. Coulson joined League Two club Grimsby Town on loan later that year, signing for the club permanently in 2010 after their relegation to the Conference Premier. He left Grimsby in 2012, signing for League Two club York City. In 2016, after four years with York, Coulson signed for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.
context_section_description: Coulson joined newly promoted League Two club York City on a two-year contract on 29 June 2012. He scored on his debut with a long-range strike away to League One team Doncaster Rovers in the League Cup first round to give York a 1–0 lead, with the match finishing 1–1 after extra time. Coulson missed York's first penalty in the ensuing penalty shoot-out, which the team lost 4–2. He then played in York's first Football League fixture since their promotion, a 3–1 defeat at home to Wycombe Wanderers on 18 August 2012. After sustaining a cruciate ligament injury during York's away match against Accrington on 23 October 2012, Coulson was expected to be out for the rest of 2012–13. However, he made his return as a 73rd-minute substitute in York's 0–0 draw away to Bristol Rovers on 30 March 2013. He finished the season with 21 appearances and five goals.
caption: Coulson playing for York City in 2014
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